The effects of hydropeaking on riverine plants: a review

MD Bejarano, R Jansson, C Nilsson - Biological Reviews, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hydropeaking refers to frequent, rapid and short‐term fluctuations in water flow and water
levels downstream and upstream of hydropower stations. Such fluctuations are becoming …

Riparian plant community responses to increased flooding: A meta‐analysis

AG Garssen, A Baattrup‐Pedersen… - Global Change …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
A future higher risk of severe flooding of streams and rivers has been projected to change
riparian plant community composition and species richness, but the extent and direction of …

Impacts of invasive plants on resident animals across ecosystems, taxa, and feeding types: a global assessment

J Schirmel, M Bundschuh, MH Entling… - Global change …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
As drivers of global change, biological invasions have fundamental ecological
consequences. However, it remains unclear how invasive plant effects on resident animals …

Towards a trait‐based ecology of wetland vegetation

H Moor, H Rydin, K Hylander, MB Nilsson… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Functional traits mechanistically capture plant responses to environmental gradients as well
as plant effects on ecosystem functioning. Yet most trait‐based theory stems from terrestrial …

Impacts of artificial barriers on the connectivity and dispersal of vascular macrophytes in rivers: A critical review

PE Jones, S Consuegra, L Börger, J Jones… - Freshwater …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Macrophytes play important functional roles in river ecosystems, providing habitat and food,
as well as influencing flow, water chemistry, and sediment dynamics. They also represent an …

Streams and riparian forests depend on each other: A review with a special focus on microbes

MJ Tolkkinen, J Heino, SHK Ahonen… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In this review, we draw together the research on the two-way connection of streams and their
riparian forests of the boreal zone from ecological points of view. Although the knowledge …

The Worldwide Spread, Success, and Impact of Ragweed (Ambrosia spp.)

C Montagnani, R Gentili, M Smith… - Critical Reviews in …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
The Ambrosia species represent one of the most problematic groups of invasive weeds
around the world. The ease with which they are introduced and spread in new countries …

Riparian plant guilds of ephemeral, intermittent and perennial rivers

JC Stromberg, DM Merritt - Freshwater Biology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant functional types (or guilds) increasingly are being used to predict vegetation response
to global changes. Continued human population growth coupled with projected warmer and …

Interacting effects of climate change and invasions by alien plant species on the morphodynamics of temperate rivers

R O'Briain, D Corenblit, A Gurnell - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
This review explores the implications of climate change for the functioning of plant species
as biogeomorphic engineers of temperate river systems, including the potential for an …

Non‐native plants tend to be phylogenetically distant but functionally similar to native plants under intense disturbance at the Three Gorges Reservoir Area

H Le, J Mao, J Cavender‐Bares… - New …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Darwin's two opposing hypotheses, proposing that non‐native species closely or distantly
related to native species are more likely to succeed, are known as 'Darwin's Naturalization …